Narrators Needed for Children's Show on Radio Fairfax
Kenkoy for Narrator
The objective is not to sound like you are reading; you're supposed to be retelling a story. I expect you to edit your work.
Of what use was it to be loved and lose one's beauty and become Real if it all ended like this? And a tear, a real tear, trickled down his little shabby velvet nose and fell to the ground.
And then a strange thing happened. For where the tear had fallen a flower grew out of the ground, a mysterious flower, not at all like any that grew in the garden. It had slender green leaves the colour of emeralds, and in the centre of the leaves a blossom like a golden cup. It was so beautiful that the little Rabbit forgot to cry, and just lay there watching it. And presently the blossom opened, and out of it there stepped a fairy.
She was quite the loveliest fairy in the whole world. Her dress was of pearl and dew-drops, and there were flowers round her neck and in her hair, and her face was like the most perfect flower of all. And she came close to the little Rabbit and gathered him up in her arms and kissed him on his velveteen nose that was all damp from crying.
"Little Rabbit," she said, "don't you know who I am?
"The Rabbit looked up at her, and it seemed to him that he had seen her face before, but he couldn't think where.
"I am the nursery magic Fairy," she said. "I take care of all the playthings that the children have loved. When they are old and worn out and the children don't need them any more, then I come and take them away with me and turn them into Real."
"Wasn't I Real before?" asked the little Rabbit.
"You were Real to the Boy," the Fairy said, "because he loved you. Now you shall be Real to every one."
***If you want my feedback, tell me so in the comments. ***
I really love the motivation you have for this project, I would love to help anyway I can! I know my submission needs much improvement, but I would really appreciate any kind of feedback/criticisms you have on my piece to help me improve as a better Voice Actor (since this is a dream job of mine I'm FINALLY putting into motion!) Thank you for the audition and have a wonderful day :)
There might be an echo and/or some kind of distortion - it is kinda hard to tell. What kind of mic are you using to record w/and what do you have the gain set at ? There are a lot of clicks (in case you did not know, that sound is caused by saliva), but I think you can prolly identify them after the little exercise I gave you. Try eating slices of a granny smith apple before and as needed during recording and see if that helps. "Presently" was weirdly pronounced. Your reading itself is not bad at all, but it will get better w/practice, which this project will provide you.